

Mordecai met Grant on main street
For The Madera Tribune George Washington Mordecai met President Ulysses S. Grant on main street Madera. As the little town of Madera was...
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Madera finally tamed Captain Mace
For The Madera Tribune Captain Mace. An adventurer who rode with Kit Carson, scouted the West in search of buffalo, and mined for gold on...
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Will history repeat itself in school board races?
For The Madera Tribune Judge Conley. Madera will once again cast its votes in a number of important races, not the least of which are the...
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Madera remembered Athletic Hall
For The Madera Tribune Looking east on Yosemite Avenue from E Street, this 1928 photograph shows the two-story building which housed the...
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Hanky-panky in the Fountain Saloon
Madera County Historical Society The Fountain Saloon was located at Gateway and Yosemite. George Gruber, the owner, is shown here, second...
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Madera’s political turf wars began in 1926
For The Madera Tribune Madera County Sheriff John Barnett (left) is shown here in 1921 with Undersheriff Clarence Osborn and prisoner Ah...
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The Democrats finally won
For The Madera Tribune The Republican banner that stretched across Yosemite Avenue in 1890 should not lead one to believe that Madera was...
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Unusual traffic stop in Madera County
For The Madera Tribune During a traffic stop for excessive speed, a spider monkey, about a month old, was discovered in a car. It is...
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